ID 718786
Lot 1223 | A GREENISH-GREY JADE ARCHAISTIC BI DISC
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The bi disc is decorated with raised bosses and a rope pattern circling the central aperture, and is supported on a pair of addorsed stylized phoenixes joined at the tails to form a taotie mask.
5 3⁄8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Charles Fredrick Faude Collection, California, by 1992.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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